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A teachers job is often thankless...I have known many who started the job with enthusiasm which declined as I watched...often exponentially. But today, my day was made when I was presented with a set of jeans and T shirt by my erstwhile students.Maybe they knew the drudge of a teacher since they were all three of them teachers themselves in other engineering colleges (and studying for M. Tech. here in TKM College of Engineering)This is a new thing to me. 25 years of unrelenting sameness of students' psychology turned me a cynic. Today the cynic is baffled. The optimist in me says "I told you so".Anyway my next classes will be a bit more sincere. The bright young faces who will sit before me in future classes will not listen…

Kashmir scholars denounce stone-throwing as 'un-Islamic' Religious scholars in Kashmir have denounced stone-throwing as "un-Islamic" in a fatwa. By Dean Nelson in New Delhi Last Updated: 6:40PM BST 01 Apr 2009 Kashmiri Muslim demonstrators throw stones as Indian police clash with demonstrators during a protest in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar Photo: EPA The fatwa follows a spate of clashes between local Muslim youths and Indian army troops in the capital Srinagar which have left more than 60 dead since last summer.The clashes have become a regular fixture every Friday, when young men wearing headscarves pelt police and troops to protest against their presence in the state. Their attacks are apparently designed to replicate those against Israeli forces in Gaza's Palestinian Authority. Related Articles The Sunday Telegraph letters'Al-Qa'eda…

Violence by Sabarmati Jail authorities against Muslim inmates | TwoCircles.netViolence by Sabarmati Jail authorities against Muslim inmatesSubmitted by admin on 30 March 2009 - 9:38pm. * Crime/Terrorism * Indian MuslimBy TwoCircles.net staff reporterNew Delhi: Following complaints of torture and ill-treatment a PIL was filed on March 23rd in Gujarat High Court for the removal of the Jail Superintendent of Sabarmati Central Jail, V. Chandrashekar. Sabarmati Jail houses many of the accused under POTA and for serial blasts case. Their situation got only worse after the filing of Public Interest Litigation (PIL).On March 24th, Chandrashekar went on leave and instead of his deputy taking the change, government appoints R.J. Pargi in his place. On the same day, Pargi takes charge of the jail and according to the inmates stated that he…

Kodnani arrest: A ray of hope for justice in Gujarat | TwoCircles.netKodnani arrest: A ray of hope for justice in GujaratSubmitted by admin4 on 30 March 2009 - 8:16pm. * Indian MuslimArrest of Kodnani shows wheels of justice have started moving in right direction in Gujarat; may act as a deterrence to prevent repeat of 2002; say activists.By TwoCircles.net special correspondent,Ahmedabad: With the arrest of Maya Kodnani, a former minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel following cancellation of their anticipatory bail by the Gujarat High Court on March 27, human rights groups, political activists and legal luminaries feel that the wheels of justice have now started moving in the right direction in the state.Former physics professor and well-known human rights activist J S Bandukwala…

AMU MBA Student Ahmad Faraz awarded by TCS | TwoCircles.netAMU MBA Student Ahmad Faraz awarded by TCSSubmitted by admin4 on 30 March 2009 - 10:18am. * Indian MuslimBy TwoCircles.net news desk,New Delhi: Ahmad Faraz, an MBA first year student of Aligargh Muslim University AMU, has been awarded with “TCS Smart Manager Award”. As part of the award he wins a cash prize of Rs 25 thousand.It is notable that Tata Consultancy Services invites students of management institutes from all over India to participate online in a "Case Study Contest” where in a business problem is given to them and they are asked to provide practical solutions to challenging business problems.The students in large numbers from institutes such as IIMs, IITs, NITIE, NMIMS and etc. participate in the contest but only…